Saul and Barnabas, Part 3

After Paul finished speaking people asked him to speak again the next Sabbath day, and many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas1 and spoke with them more that same day.  On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear...

Is Sin Less Than Sin? Part 4

To approach the issue of whether such πορνεία as is not so much as named among the Gentiles1 is of greater consequence than the παραπτώματι (a form of παράπτωμα) addressed in Galatians 6:1 I want to consider Romans 7.  But first I want to remind myself of that most...

Jedidiah, Part 2

Imagine if Bill Clinton or George W. Bush did what David did and got off like that.  But I’m more interested in knowing the only true God, and Jesus Christ,1 and trying to understand Him these days, than fretting over ancient history.  Besides, I’m nobody, and though...

Saul and Barnabas, Part 2

So Barnabas and Saul,1 sent out by the2 Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia,3 and4 from there they sailed to Cyprus.5  When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues.6 They traveled east across the island this way to...